IGN: Driver: San Francisco is Ridiculous

IGN writes: "The last time I saw Driver: San Francisco was nearly a year ago, and I remember walking away thinking that this game was a really dumb idea. You're always playing from behind the wheel -- and I'm fine with that -- but the whole thing happens in the main character's head. He's in a coma and you have these body-swapping abilities; it's ridiculous".

I don't know if its going to be good or not, but lately people let their first impressions of trailers years before release carry over as a mandate to hate on games they'll never even consider playing.

Yea, this looks like it might blow in my opinion. I was hoping they could erase the mediocrity of "Paralell Lines" by making "Driver: San Francisco" something pretty epic like Driver 3 was.

I am also confused a bit about the story timeline. I heard San Fran was a re-boot of the franchise. Maybe i just need to brush up on my geek speak, but I always thought a "re-boot" of a game, meant that the developers took the original release of a game and re-developed it for curent platforms? Kinda like they did with MGS: Twin Snakes for gamecube. it was the original MGS that released on PSone, but just re-deveoped with a current engine on a more advanced platform...

And also, This article mentions that this game takes place 3 months after the events of Driver 3?? But Driver 3 took place in the late 70's-early 80's, and this one is set in modern times?

I agree with Miller. It is ridiculous. I had some mild expectations with this game. After all it was Driver that gave us a 3D sandbox to drive around in.

Unfortunately they are failing to keep up with the times. Some people will be pleased with the return of the franchise and that's great. On the other hand... not being able to get out of the car to walk around is going to be a turn off.

With games like this i always have the desire to explore every nook and cranny. When i first played driver i enjoyed the experience but i couldn't help but think "It would be cooler if you could...." and then GTA3 was released.

Relaunching (so to speak) this title could have been far more successful than what i expect we are going to see. The shift idea, while creative, is lame. I want to be a human being not a ghost hybrid of some sort.

IGN will give this a 7. It's not going to have huge sales out of the gate. There will be a price reduction and then I will buy it used.

Nothing i have read about this justifies the $59.99 price point at launch.